S&P Consultants to Host Exclusive Online Business Community for Customers of Cerner Solutions

<strong>West Bridgewater, Mass. &mdash; Feb. 13</strong><br />S&P Consultants Inc., which provides consulting services to the clinical health care information industry, with a concentration on Cerner applications, announced that it will act as the exclusive 2008 sponsor of CernerRUGS.com.<br /> <br />CernerRUGS.com, an interactive, online business community with a focus on the customers of Cerner Healthcare solutions, uses DigitalConcourse.com&#39;s Business Community Platform. Also, the exclusive RUG meeting registration and community site for all official Cerner user groups, CernerRUGS.com includes up-to-the-minute information about a variety of user groups and networking opportunities. Vendors can learn through the community how to market products and services, while webmasters have the ability to develop comprehensive member and nonmember Web sites, online registration events, surveys and message boards through the community.<br /> <br />&ldquo;CernerRUGS.com provides a valuable resource to health care groups that interact with Cerner solutions, so this partnership is a perfect fit for us,&rdquo; remarked Andrew Splitz, president and co-founder of S&P Consultants. &ldquo;The site allows customers to easily view individual agendas, hotel and registration info, message boards and a calendar of events and activities.&rdquo; <br /> <br />DigitalConcourse.com is a comprehensive community solution that helps connect people with similar interests while automating all of the touch points between an organization and the people within an organization. A multi-level community solution also allows the community to deliver a global network of sub-communities that aggregate to the larger, organized community. All DigitalConcourse.com communities are SaaS based, delivering the latest features and functions with no capital expense afforded to the group. <br /> <br />&ldquo;S&P continues to show its commitment to the customers of Cerner through its exclusive sponsorship of CernerRUGS.com,&rdquo; remarked Eric Lopez, president of DigitalConcourse.com. &ldquo;We are excited to continue to deliver CernerRUGS.com as an independent community solution for the regional user groups within the Cerner marketplace. The groups benefit from a community solution that helps them manage their entire community of Cerner customers while delivering event management, collaboration, Web sites and more at no cost through the direct and exclusive sponsorship of S&P Consultants.&rdquo; <br />